- Nikka Costa opens the LA Car Guy Hermosa Summer Concert Series at 5 p.m. on Sunday next to the Hermosa Beach Pier. The funk- and soul-fused show also features the Clayton Joseph Scott Band. Next Sunday: Poncho Sanchez.
- Wild Child has been recreating a live Doors concert for 20 years, with lead singer David Brock just back from touring Europe with Ray Manzarek and Robbie Krieger. The group (less Robbie and Ray, of course) performs tomorrow (Friday) at Brixton on the Redondo Beach Pier. Doors (the kind with hinges) open at 7 p.m. Tickets, $25 now and $28 when you get there. (310) 406-1931 or go to brixtonsouthbay.com.
- Spotlight on the Beach: Dinosaurs to spaceships
The Manhattan Beach Centennial Photo Exhibition, documenting what the city has gone through over the past 100 years, opens with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. on Saturday at the Creative Arts Center, 1560 Manhattan Beach Blvd., MB. City historian Jan Dennis gives a walk through at 2 p.m. on Thursday, August 16. The show is up through August 30. Pictured, flooded fields (c.1951) at what is now Polliwog Park, courtesy the Manhattan Beach Historical Society. (310) 802-5440 or go to citymb.info.
- The Four Fingers Band plays classic rock and blues, which includes covers from the 1960s as well as originals off their “Four Fingers” CD, all of which you can hear live starting at 9 p.m. on Saturday at the Hermosa Saloon, 211 Pacific Coast Hwy, Hermosa Beach (also on Saturday, August 11). Call (310) 374-9060 or go to hermosasaloon.com.
- Hey, isn’t that Kenny G? The saxophonist performs on Saturday at the 26th annual “Evening Under the Stars” event on the grounds of American Honda in Torrance. It goes from 6 to 9:30 p.m. and tickets are $125 per person or $200 a pair. It benefits the Torrance Memorial Medical Center. (310) 540-5858 or go to TorranceMemorial.org.
- The large and splashily colorful paintings of Janet Bothne are on view in “Summer Session,” a group show that’s running through August 4 at PS Zask Gallery, 550 Deep Valley Drive, Suite 151, Rolling Hills Estates. Photo (310) 429-0973 or go to pszaskgallery.com.
- Bob Fox is one of the actors in a free show that features talented players enacting scenes from popular films, TV shows and plays, directed by Anne Hulegard, taking place at 8:30 p.m. on Monday (also Monday, Aug. 6) in the Second Story Theatre, 710 Pier Ave., Hermosa Beach. Each is about one hour long. (310) 621-6303 or contact actsproductions@gmail.com.
